historical figures Famous Drowning Victims

A list of famous drowning victims. These notable people drowned either by accident or intentionally. May we recommend learning to swim or learn to defend yourself so that you don't have to join this list of famous drowning deaths and victims. Not even celebrities are immune to drowning, and many unfortunately have bitten the big one this way. Many of the names on this list should be familiar, even if the way they died may not be as famous as their larger than life personalities.

Who are famous drowning victims? Take a look at this list and you'll see for yourself.

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Tiberinus Silvius, ninth Latin king of Rome Drowned in the River Tiber, which was named after him

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Hippasus A student of the mathematician Pythagoras, who, by some accounts, was drowned by his fellow Pythagoreans for the imprudence of discovering irrational numbers

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Qu YuanDied at 62 (339 BC-277 BC) - Committed ritual suicide as a form of protest against the corruption of the era, a sacrifice still commemorated today during the Duan Wu or Dragon Boat Festival

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Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator Drowned in the Nile in 47 BC

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AntinousDied at 19 (111-130) - Lover of Roman Emperor Hadrian, drowned in the Nile in 130; the grieving emperor commissioned hundreds of statues of the youth and spread them around the Empire

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Li BaiDied at 61 (701-762) - It is, however, suggested that he died of excessive drinking or mercury poisoning.

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William AdelinDied at 17 (1103-1120) - Son of king Henry I of England, drowned in the Channel on 25 November 1120 in the White Ship wreck,

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Matilda, Countess of Perches Countess of Perches. Daughter of king Henry I of England, drowned in the Channel on 25 November 1120 in the White Ship wreck

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Henry of AntiochDied at 78 (1198-1276) - Henry of Poitiers or Henri de Poitiers, drowned at sea on 18 June/27 June/28 June 1276, son of Bohemund IV of Antioch and first wife Plaisance Embriaco de Giblet

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Magnus II of NorwayDied at 21 (1048-1069) - 1316 - 1374

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John of NepomukDied at 48 (1345-1393) - Martyred by drowning in 1393.

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Henry HollandDied at 61 (1745-1806) - 1430 � 1475

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George Executed for treason against his brother king Edward IV of England on 1478, by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine; or so the legend says, because modern assessments favour the traditional decapitation instead

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Julius KrohnDied at 53 (1835-1888) - Founder of the scientific study of folklore, and influential journalist, author and translator. Ethnically German but active in Finland. Drowned in a freak sailing accident in 1888

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Ida StrausDied at 63 (1849-1912) - Drowned in the Titanic disaster

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Grigori RasputinDied at 47 (1869-1916) - Russian mystic and Imperial adviser; the aristocratic faction tried to kill him using several methods, eventually drowning on the Neva River proved to be the most efficient

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Enrique GranadosDied at 49 (1867-1916) - Drowned after jumping out of a lifeboat to rescue his wife, following the torpedoing of their ship by the German navy during World War I, in 1916., Scotland in 1920.

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William WiltonDied at 55 (1865-1920) - Scottish football manager (Rangers F.C.), drowned in a boating accident at Gourock

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Artur de Sacadura CabralDied at 43 (1881-1924) - Died on 15 November 1924 after his airplane disappeared over the English Channel, along with his Co-Pilot Mechanical Corporal Jos� Correia

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Johnny DouglasDied at 48 (1882-1930) - 1882-1930, cricketer, died unsuccessfully trying to rescue his father after a collision at sea.

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Arky VaughanDied at 40 (1912-1952) - Baseball Hall of Famer, drowned after falling from his fishing boat on 30 August 1952

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Prince Frederick of PrussiaDied at 55 (1911-1966) - Died in 1966 at Reinhartshausen, Germany after drowning in the Rhine.

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Eric FlemingDied at 41 (1925-1966) - Actor best known for his role in the CBS series Rawhide, drowned on 28 September 1966, in a remote river in Peru's back country while filming the made-for-TV movie "Selva Alta" ("High Jungle") for MGM.

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